afterglow
Example Sentences
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Whether they take his advice literally remains to be seen, but the celebrations were significant in the afterglow of victory.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
The afterglow of aristocratic grace, the poet noted, was obscured by the “rising tide of democracy, which invades and levels all things.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
Even if he refuses to bask in the afterglow of his big moment.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024
But in the immediate afterglow of leading Team USA to Olympic glory, Kerr appeals to fun notions of patriotism.
From Slate • Aug. 20, 2024
This cosmic background radiation was the afterglow of the big bang.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
